Van Gerwen Net Worth 2022

Net Worth:	€ 8 million
Age:	30th
Born:	April 25, 1989
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Source of wealth:	Darts player
Last updated:	2020

Short introduction

Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch dart participant who has participated in PDC tournaments seeing that 2007. “Mighty Mike” is one of the first-rate and maximum a success darts gamers of all time and celebrated his first match victories withinside the expert subject as a teenager. The athlete, born in Boxtel, can already appearance again on numerous international championships he gained and additionally led the PDC international rating for numerous years at a time.

After the resignation of darts legend Phil Taylor, van Gerwen is likewise the undisputed primary in sports activities amongst darts fans. The Dutchman frequently wins numerous foremost tournaments a 12 months farfar from the World Cup.

Early life

Michael van Gerwen turned into born on April 25th, 1998 in Boxtel withinside the Netherlands. With his father’s support, he took element withinside the first nearby darts tournaments as a teenager. At the age of 14 he additionally performed for the primary time in professional tournaments of the darts affiliation BDO. Van Gerwen performed his first fulfillment in 2003 with the very last on the Primus Masters Youth.

From then on he should crown himself the winner in lots of tournaments. For example, he gained the German Open 2005 and additionally gained the Dutch Youth Championship in 2005 and 2006. At the Northern Ireland Open 2005 he performed withinside the grownup area and additionally gained.

Van Gerwen Career

From 2003 Michael van Gerwen took element withinside the BDO darts tournaments. His first foremost fulfillment got here in 2006 on the Bavaria World Darts Trophy, wherein he reached the semi-finals. After all, he gained the Winmau World Masters 2006 on the age of 17. From then on, there have been rumors that van Gerwen could transfer from BDO to PDC. However, he denied this, despite the fact that because the first location withinside the Dutch darts rating he turned into assured a hard and fast beginning location for the World Championship of the PDC. However, he took element withinside the BDO World Championship once more in 2007, however turned into removed as preferred withinside the first spherical towards Gary Robson.

He then introduced that he could transfer to the PDC. With role 88 withinside the international scores, van Gerwen turned into entitled to take part in a few professional PDC tournaments. There, he turned into capable of have a good time his first terrific successes and, for example, win towards Phil Taylor, however remained unsuccessful till 2009. Thereupon he turned into capable of rating once more towards his compatriot Vincent van der Voort way to a 6: three victory withinside the Players Championship. Michael van Gerwen subsequently reached the very last on the PDC Junior World Championship in 2011.

From then on, his profession on the PDC noticed a steep rise. He gained numerous foremost tournaments every 12 months and reached the very last of the PDC World Championship in 2013, dropping 4: 7 to Phil Taylor. The following 12 months, however, Michael van Gerwen turned into subsequently capable of stable his first international identify via way of means of beating Peter Wright withinside the very last. From that factor on, “Mighty Mike” turned into one of the maximum a success darts gamers withinside the international, prevailing tens of thousands and thousands of greenbacks annually. Michael van Gerwen secured his 2d international identify withinside the very last towards Gary Anderson in 2017. He additionally gained the 2019 version way to a 7-three win withinside the very last towards Englishman Michael Smith.

Career highlights

In 2008 Michael van Gerwen took element withinside the PDC World Championship for the primary time, however misplaced there withinside the first spherical towards preferred Phil Taylor. Van Gerwen gained the celebrated match for the primary time in 2014. He is one of the few darts gamers who has gained each foremost PDC match at the least once. He celebrated his first very last victory in such an occasion in 2012 on the World Grand Prix. He has led the van scores seeing that he turned into first withinside the international scores in 2014. He is consequently taken into consideration the darts participant who has been on the pinnacle for the longest time in a row.

Amazing facts

Michael van Gerwen commenced gambling darts at an early age and as a result additionally holds a few age records. At 17 years and 174 days, he turned into the youngest dart participant ever to win a first-rate PDC match.

“Mighty Mike” turned into additionally simplest 17 while he have become the youngest dart participant to throw a 9-darter in the front of walking TV cameras. He additionally holds the report for maximum 9-darters with a few different gamers.

In the semifinals of the 2017 World Cup, van Gerwen threw Raymond van Barneveld the very best common ever measured at a World Cup.